N¼nNp«³.sWäv Ban¡¯n. ^Sognsâ bÃpNÄ CaNn Wn`¯v ko\SvNqXn HmÀ¯t¸mÄ AkÄ NXp¯ AhzØSt]msX Fjpt¶äv fp_n]n D`m¯n. Ak³ Ct¸mjpw knK]n¨n^n¡p¶p..AkÄ bNt]msX hz]w b_ªp; tbm`ohv sk_psS kn«Snsâ Ai¦m^t¯msX B]n^n¡pw Ct§m«pÅ Aksâ k^kv. ASv N*m Ssâ hfWn` sSäpw. Ak³ k^p¶SnWp fp³tb kÃSpw Njn¨n«v NnX¡mw. A§sW So^pfmWn¨psNm*v AkÄ tkPw AXp¡a]nt`¡v sI¶p.
“”””Sn¶m³ ktÃmw Dt*m” tUgyt¯msX AkÄ A½t]mXv tImUn¨p.
“”””F´m C¶v tW^s¯ knl¡pt¶m” ^pNvfn\n Aksa tWm¡msS]m\v tImUn¨Sv.
“”””ktÃmw Dt*Â b_..CtÃÂ Mm³ b«n\n NnXt¶mamw”
^pNvfn\n H^p bm{S¯n I¸m¯n]pw N_n]pw kna¼n AkÄ¡v WÂNn. Unky ASv tNmbt¯msX km§ns¡m*v ssZWnwPv fp_n]nt`¡v sI¶v tkP¯n Njn¨n«v fp_n]nt`¡v tbm]n. hf]w F«^ Njnªn^p¶sS DÅp. hmVm^\ AkÄ A¯mjw Njn¡p¶Sv H¼S^]vt¡m b¯pf\nt¡m B\v.
“”””AÑm..Mm³ D_§m³ tbmÆm” fp_n]nt`¡v N]_p¶SnWp fp³bv Xnkn N*psNm*n^p¶ l¦^sâ A^nNns`¯n AkÄ b_ªp.
“”””l^n tfmsa..”
A]mÄ ImW fmäp¶SnWnsX b_ªp. Unky fp_n]nt`¡v tbm]n. AkÄ fp_n]n N]_n NSNX¨tlgw sI¶p N®mXn]n tWm¡n. fpO¯v kmhp SÃn]Snsâ bmXv Nps_s]ms¡ fmªp SpX§n]n^p¶p. AkÄ Ssâ Nknan St`mXn. At¸mÄ bp_¯v H^p Hmt«m k¶p Wn¡p¶ lÐw AkÄ tN«p. AkapsX irU]w làfm]n fnXn¡m³ SpX§n. Ak³..B sS*n k¶n^n¡p¶p. bÃpNÄ sM^n¨psNm*v AkÄ fWÊn b_ªp. AktWmXpÅ bN]pw tUgykpw Nm^\w AkapsX Hmt^m tNmlkpw SpXn¡p¶p*m]n^p¶p. AksW sNm¶pNa]mWpÅ tUgykpw {bSnNm^ ftWmemkkpw D*m]n^p¶p AkÄ¡v.
“”””F´nWmXm Ct§m«v sN«ns]Xp¯Sv..Wnsâ S´ C^n¡pt¶m CknsX?”
bp_¯v Aѳ kmhpkntWmXv S«n¡]_p¶Sv Unky tN«p. Cu AÑWv sk_psS C^p¶pNqsX? AksW§mWpw DÅ hSyw b_ªmÂ! Unky AhzØSt]msX hz]w b_ªp. kmhp f_ps¯m¶pw b_ªnà F¶v N*t¸mÄ AkÄ Blzhn¨p. Ak³ l¦^³ F´v b_ªm`pw f_p¯v hwhm^n¡nÃ. ASv Ss¶ AÛpSs¸Xp¯n]n«p*v. AÑWv AksW H«pw Cãfà F¦n`pw Ak³ AÑsW FSnÀ¯v N*n«nÃ. kÃms¯m^p K·w Ss¶. t`mNs¯m^p¯sW]pw kN k]v¡m¯ Nm«pfrPfm\k³. N*ntà tbm`ohntWmXv tbm`pw hwhm^n¨ ^oSn. Wns¶ MmsWm^p bmYw bYn¸n¡psfXm frPtf..Wo tWm¡nt¡m.. fWÊn A§sW b_ªpsNm*v AkÄ sfsà N«n`n N]_n¡nX¶p.
“”””km tfmsW kÃSpw Njn¡v..” A½]psX lÐw AkÄ tN«p. tim..SÅ]v¡v tfmsW Du«mªn«p e]¦^ N¼nNp«³.sWäv